The Kitchen

 If you were wondering, the brown thing with silver trim that looks like cabinets is a refrigerator.  Very vintage! lol..

The door will be closed off and the standard refrigerator of today..lol..will be placed there.

 One must-have for this house is a white apron-front farmhouse sink.  I just love the cottage look.  I guess that is why our blog is titled "The Barker Cottage" lol..

 Laminate countertops..We are planning to do an engineered countertop in a dark brown color.  The cabinets we would like to do in a shaker style white with oil rubbed bronze hardware.  No upper cabinets right here...just want it open with pendant lights.

 There will be a broom closet in that vented door.

 This bar will be a sitting and serving bar without the built in counter cooktop.  We are planning to paint the paneling a soft neutral color.

 Buttercup wanted to be in the shot.  This area beside the kitchen will be a breakfast nook.

 This is where Oliver had his television.  We are planning to turn it into a pantry.

 We are looking at a dark brown engineered hardwood floor throughout the kitchen, breakfast nook area, dining room/living room, stairs, and bedrooms.  Right now, there is carpet and laminate on this floor.  It was a pleasant surprise, however, that all of the floors on this level are floating concrete.

 I am not sure what kind of lighting will go here, but I know there will be an eating area here...maybe to sit and have tea :)  This is the view from the front door entry.

 Not sure if we can fit this in the budget right now, but I would love to have white custom cabinets built around this fireplace and a rustic looking dark brown mantel.  I am just not really a fan of the tile.